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John Ellis
Title Professor
Institution College of Medicine
Department Psychiatry
Address 500 University Drive Hershey PA 17033
Mailbox: H073
Telephone 7175314241
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Background
PREFERRED TITLE/ROLE:

Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Director of Molecular Neuropharmacology Laboratory

SECONDARY APPOINTMENT(S)/ INSTITUTE(S)/ CENTER(S):

Pharmacology

GRADUATE PROGRAM AFFILIATIONS:

Neuroscience

EDUCATION:

B.S., Caltech, 1973
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1980
Publications
1. Shivnaraine RV, Huang XP, Seidenberg M, Ellis J, Wells JW. Heterotropic cooperativity within and between protomers of an oligomeric M(2) muscarinic receptor. Biochemistry. 2012 Jun 5; 51(22):4518-40.
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2. Stahl E, Elmslie G, Ellis J. Allosteric modulation of the M3 muscarinic receptor by amiodarone and N-ethylamiodarone: application of the four-ligand allosteric two-state model. Mol Pharmacol. 2011 Sep; 80(3):378-88.
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3. Stahl E, Ellis J. Novel allosteric effects of amiodarone at the muscarinic M5 receptor. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2010 Jul; 334(1):214-22.
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4. Huang XP, Ellis J. Mutational disruption of a conserved disulfide bond in muscarinic acetylcholine receptors attenuates positive homotropic cooperativity between multiple allosteric sites and has subtype-dependent effects on the affinities of muscarinic allosteric ligands. Mol Pharmacol. 2007 Mar; 71(3):759-68.
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5. Prilla S, Schrobang J, Ellis J, Höltje HD, Mohr K. Allosteric interactions with muscarinic acetylcholine receptors: complex role of the conserved tryptophan M2422Trp in a critical cluster of amino acids for baseline affinity, subtype selectivity, and cooperativity. Mol Pharmacol. 2006 Jul; 70(1):181-93.
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6. Tränkle C, Dittmann A, Schulz U, Weyand O, Buller S, Jöhren K, Heller E, Birdsall NJ, Holzgrabe U, Ellis J, Höltje HD, Mohr K. Atypical muscarinic allosteric modulation: cooperativity between modulators and their atypical binding topology in muscarinic M2 and M2/M5 chimeric receptors. Mol Pharmacol. 2005 Dec; 68(6):1597-610.
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7. Huang XP, Prilla S, Mohr K, Ellis J. Critical amino acid residues of the common allosteric site on the M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor: more similarities than differences between the structurally divergent agents gallamine and bis(ammonio)alkane-type hexamethylene-bis-[dimethyl-(3-phthalimidopropyl)ammonium]dibromide. Mol Pharmacol. 2005 Sep; 68(3):769-78.
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8. Voigtländer U, Jöhren K, Mohr M, Raasch A, Tränkle C, Buller S, Ellis J, Höltje HD, Mohr K. Allosteric site on muscarinic acetylcholine receptors: identification of two amino acids in the muscarinic M2 receptor that account entirely for the M2/M5 subtype selectivities of some structurally diverse allosteric ligands in N-methylscopolamine-occupied receptors. Mol Pharmacol. 2003 Jul; 64(1):21-31.
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9. Ford DJ, Essex A, Spalding TA, Burstein ES, Ellis J. Homologous mutations near the junction of the sixth transmembrane domain and the third extracellular loop lead to constitutive activity and enhanced agonist affinity at all muscarinic receptor subtypes. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2002 Mar; 300(3):810-7.
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10. Buller S, Zlotos DP, Mohr K, Ellis J. Allosteric site on muscarinic acetylcholine receptors: a single amino acid in transmembrane region 7 is critical to the subtype selectivities of caracurine V derivatives and alkane-bisammonium ligands. Mol Pharmacol. 2002 Jan; 61(1):160-8.
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11. Zhang Q, Skepper JN, Yang F, Davies JD, Hegyi L, Roberts RG, Weissberg PL, Ellis JA, Shanahan CM. Nesprins: a novel family of spectrin-repeat-containing proteins that localize to the nuclear membrane in multiple tissues. J Cell Sci. 2001 Dec; 114(Pt 24):4485-98.
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12. Ellis J, Seidenberg M. Interactions of alcuronium, TMB-8, and other allosteric ligands with muscarinic acetylcholine receptors: studies with chimeric receptors. Mol Pharmacol. 2000 Dec; 58(6):1451-60.
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13. Ellis J, Seidenberg M. Site-directed mutagenesis implicates a threonine residue in TM6 in the subtype selectivities of UH-AH 37 and pirenzepine at muscarinic receptors. Pharmacology. 2000 Aug; 61(2):62-9.
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14. Fairley EA, Kendrick-Jones J, Ellis JA. The Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy phenotype arises from aberrant targeting and binding of emerin at the inner nuclear membrane. J Cell Sci. 1999 Aug; 112 ( Pt 15):2571-82.
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15. Ellis J, Seidenberg M. Competitive and allosteric interactions of 6-chloro-5,10-dihydro-5-[(1-methyl-4-piperidinyl)acetyl]-11H-di benzo[b,e][1, 4]diazepine-11-one hydrochloride (UH-AH 37) at muscarinic receptors, via distinct epitopes. Biochem Pharmacol. 1999 Jan 15; 57(2):181-6.
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